Nationally, foreclosure activity swung the other way, with a 7 percent increase from September. There were 230,678 filings in October. However, that’s down 31 percent from October 2010.

“The October foreclosure numbers continue to show strong signs that foreclosure activity is coming out of the rain delay we’ve been in for the past year as lenders corrected foreclosure paperwork and processing problems,” James Saccacio, CEO of RealtyTrac, said in a news release. “However, recent state court rulings and new state laws keep changing the rules of the foreclosure game on the fly, creating more uncertainty in the housing market and threatening to prolong the road to a robust real estate recovery.”

Hamilton County reported the most foreclosure filings with 682, up 19 percent from September, but down more than 50 percent from a year ago.

Other Ohio counties reported mixed results in October filings:

• Brown: 43, down 15.7 percent from last year;

• Butler: 395, up 21.5 percent from last year;

• Clermont: 102, down 59.5 percent from last year; and

• Warren: 185, down 25.1 percent from last year.

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